At Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI; they are offering a scholarship for which only 'whites' are eligible.

You must write an essay on 'why you are proud of your white heritage' plus a photo to 'confirm your whiteness'

Is this a valid protest of Affirmative Action? What do you think of this case?

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Being white, I don't object to it at all. But it dissapoints me a little that people would sink this low. I don't think its racist or anything, I just feel they are doing it for all the wrong reasons. Most white people grow up in the suburbs and have no idea what its like to be poor. It's not only that they(blacks and other minorities) don't have the money for college, there are also no jobs in the community for which they can aquire that money. And its not like they can move elsewhere and find a job, becuase it takes money to move to a new area. Certain schollarships are the only way these people can get a better life. I don't find 'whites only' schalloarships morraly objectional, but it does make me realize that some people aren't aware of what schollarships for minorities are acutaly there for; to make sure the schollarship gets to the people who need it.

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Chrono you obviously come from a rich neighborhood because where I am from the Mexicans and blacks can get the money for college alot easier then the whites, not to mention more whites are turned down for jobs that pay more then any of the minorities. I for 1 am not racist but I am a realist, I realize that not everywhere is the same but most of so. cal and arizona and new mexico and nevada are like that.

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I must say, half of that is a bunch of BS. Maybe in your neighborhood all the poor people are minorities, but your the exception, not the rule. Generally speaking, it's easy for blacks to get as much of an education and such as it is for whites. In terms of jobs, in general race is not a consideration.

I think it's fine. That's their protest to AA, and that's good for them. At least they're not like running around, :gun: black people and minorities.

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if theyre really hurting people i would respond to this, but it doesnt seem to mind me at all so i dont care.

be white all they want, just never go overboard.

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I live in a rich neighborhood? HA! That's all I have to say about that...

"Maybe in your neighborhood all the poor people are minorities, but your the exception, not the rule. Generally speaking, it's easy for blacks to get as much of an education and such as it is for whites. In terms of jobs, in general race is not a consideration"


Unemplyment statistics from 2002

Black unemployment-10.8 %
White unemplyment- 5.2 %

Average net worth In 2001:

white households $468,200
black households $75,000

"Black high school graduate working full time from age 25 through 64 will earn $300,000 less than a white counterpart. A black college graduate will earn $500,000 less and a black with an advanced degree an average $600,000 less over their working lives."

"Researchers at the University of Chicago and Massachusetts Institution of Technology sent responses to help-wanted ads last year to see whether job discrimination persists. They found applicants with white-sounding names were 50 percent more likely to be called for an interview than applicants with African-American sounding names, even if the resumes of blacks had stronger credentials.

Northwestern University sociologist Devah Pager sent black and white men with and without criminal records to job interviews. Her findings showed whites with prison records were more likely to get the job than blacks without criminal records"



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You guys can deny it all you want, but statistics don't lie...

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